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Working standard hours, but at what cost? How the 40-hour work week disproportionately impacts minoritized employees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Heavenlei A. Thomas
Heavenlei A. Thomas*
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Rice University, Houston, USA
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 27 - 31
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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